Snakes around the neck? - Page 14

KORBIN5895 · 12-15-12, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by CMRetics

I'll post me doing what I want with my snake, it's my business. I don't feel it's a danger AT ALL. Just because some ignorant people with 0 experience dislike it doesn't mean that I'm going to change my ways for them. Have your view, express it in your own thread, but when I make a thread with my snake near my neck. I'm clearly OK with it and It's pretty obvious I think I'm safe/fine doing so, and it's not anyone's business how I handle my animal.

Simple, I would have stayed out of this thread if people didn't come into the other one and attack the backbone of our industry/hobby.

When did giants become the back bone of this hobby?

Terranaut · 12-15-12, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CMRetics

I'll post me doing what I want with my snake, it's my business. I don't feel it's a danger AT ALL. Just because some ignorant people with 0 experience dislike it doesn't mean that I'm going to change my ways for them. Have your view, express it in your own thread, but when I make a thread with my snake near my neck. I'm clearly OK with it and It's pretty obvious I think I'm safe/fine doing so, and it's not anyone's business how I handle my animal.

Simple, I would have stayed out of this thread if people didn't come into the other one and attack the backbone of our industry/hobby.

This is exactly the thread to do this in.
I am sick to death of people posting about it in every other thread. It needs to stay here.
As a matter of fact if you google it the only snake strangulation I could find was a 2 yr old strangled by a burm in florida. ???

Rogue628 · 12-15-12, 03:05 PM

IIRC, isn't that the one that happened because the animal was being ill kept and underfed? Not that it makes the tragedy any less, but it wasn't truly the snakes fault, but the keepers for not keeping and feeding the animal correctly.

Terranaut · 12-15-12, 04:23 PM

Yup
I have googled a few different ways to say killed by snake and other than that haven't been able to find one. I do know a guy in Toronto was killed by his burm years ago but nothing on the net about it at all.

StudentoReptile · 12-15-12, 04:25 PM

Because if it's not found on the internet, it didn't happen, right?

**Aaron_S** · 12-15-12, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Terranaut

Yup
I have googled a few different ways to say killed by snake and other than that haven't been able to find one. I do know a guy in Toronto was killed by his burm years ago but nothing on the net about it at all.

Brampton.

It's why they aren't allowed any boids at all.

**Aaron_S** · 12-15-12, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CMRetics

...and it's not anyone's business how I handle my animal...

And yet, we criticize venomous keepers on this. You aren't above them.

Terranaut · 12-15-12, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

Because if it's not found on the internet, it didn't happen, right?

Look man I am not a moron I am just saying I looked.

StudentoReptile · 12-15-12, 05:05 PM

I know you're not a moron, T...and i admit, I thought someone else had said that.

CMRetics · 12-16-12, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

When did giants become the back bone of this hobby?

In the sense that we are on the front lines fighting to keep our animals RIGHT NOW. In the sense that if you take us out, the rest will fall. Not the main staple, not the biggest thing in reptiles, but the most easily targeted right alongside venomous.

Also, for the people comparing venomous to big constrictors- it's not even close to the same. A bite from a hot has a high chance of killing you. A large constrictor no, will it even have a high chance of constricting you to death? no. Will it randomly squeeze your neck out of the blue, highly unlikely. Would it go into a feeding response and attack your head and squeeze your neck, also very very unlikely.

The odds of anyone getting killed having the snake near/around their neck especially with others there is beyond slim. The odds of a hot bite killing you are substantially higher.

**Aaron_S** · 12-16-12, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by CMRetics

In the sense that we are on the front lines fighting to keep our animals RIGHT NOW. In the sense that if you take us out, the rest will fall. Not the main staple, not the biggest thing in reptiles, but the most easily targeted right alongside venomous.

Also, for the people comparing venomous to big constrictors- it's not even close to the same. A bite from a hot has a high chance of killing you. A large constrictor no, will it even have a high chance of constricting you to death? no. Will it randomly squeeze your neck out of the blue, highly unlikely. Would it go into a feeding response and attack your head and squeeze your neck, also very very unlikely.

The odds of anyone getting killed having the snake near/around their neck especially with others there is beyond slim. The odds of a hot bite killing you are substantially higher.

Do you even know what the phrase "backbone of the hobby" means?!

Obviously you didn't use the right phrase. No, the rest won't fall if you go. Tons of laws out there already where 3 meters is the rule. We function just fine and I don't see it happening to those under that anytime in the next 10 - 20 years.

CMRetics · 12-16-12, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Do you even know what the phrase "backbone of the hobby" means?!

Obviously you didn't use the right phrase. No, the rest won't fall if you go. Tons of laws out there already where 3 meters is the rule. We function just fine and I don't see it happening to those under that anytime in the next 10 - 20 years.

Then you are clearly clueless how simple it is to term the word "python" and a large number of people will think it's a big scary snake. You have NO CLUE how politics or this hobby works.

I pray for everyone that you stick to your pathetic excuses for snakes, and stay the hell away from anything "dangerous" like retics. You're cancer to this hobby.

poison123 · 12-16-12, 12:51 AM

why are we insulting each other? cant we all just get along

CMRetics · 12-16-12, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by poison123

why are we insulting each other? cant we all just get along

I insult him because since I started posting, along with several other retic keepers- we've been attacked by ignorant people with 0 idea what they are talking about.

It's disgusting. These people are WORSE than your average joe on the street. At least we can educate them on their ignorance, these one's are so dead set on being right they can't even see the fact they don't have any experience in the subject matter they speak on, and feel they should have an opinion and a voice anyway.

You don't see me on here telling people how to keep hots do you? I DONT KEEP HOTS, I'm smart enough to leave it alone.

KORBIN5895 · 12-16-12, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CMRetics

I insult him because since I started posting, along with several other retic keepers- we've been attacked by ignorant people with 0 idea what they are talking about.

It's disgusting. These people are WORSE than your average joe on the street. At least we can educate them on their ignorance, these one's are so dead set on being right they can't even see the fact they don't have any experience in the subject matter they speak on, and feel they should have an opinion and a voice anyway.

You don't see me on here telling people how to keep hots do you? I DONT KEEP HOTS, I'm smart enough to leave it alone.

Wow! You still going on about this stuff?

I am unsure where you get off telling people who can and can't have opinions. You keep claiming to have all of this experience but no one really cares because you are just coming across as rude and foolish.

After reading the logic in your posts I think we will have to agree to disagree on that last bolder statement.